Linux Mint Debian How-to Shrink-Reduce-Resize a LVM Volume with Swap Easy Guide
September 19th, 2014 by thelinuxevangelistShrink/Reduce/Resize LVM with Swap on LMDE
The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Reduce/Shrink/Resize a LVM/LVM2 Volume to Free Up Space on Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012/2012/2013 i386/amd64 Desktop.
After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume to FREE up Space You will Need also to Reduce the Physical LVM Volume!
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Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media
How-to Create a Live Ubuntu Media:
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Open Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Find the LVM Volume Name to Shrink
sudo su && lvmdiskscan
It will be of the Form: /dev/my-vg/my-lv
And if it’s the Root Volume it should Contains the ‘root’ Keyword… -
Shrinking/Reducing a LVM Volume on Linux Mint Debian
Specifing the Final Size:
lvreduce --resizefs --size 100G /dev/my-vg/my-lv
or Specifing the Amount to Take Off:
lvreduce --resizefs --size -50G /dev/my-vg/my-lv
The ‘–resizefs‘ Flag is Fundamental in Succeeding because First as needed it will Resize the File System.
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How-to Shrink the LVM Physical Volume to Free Up Space:
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